Flier under investigation at Logan-Rogersville High School

Feb. 5, 2014

Logan-Rogersville High School / Dean Curtis/News-Leader

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Jeremy Tucker

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Authorities and school officials continue to investigate a vulgar flier that circulated at Logan-Rogersville High School last week.

The flier, which listed the names of three male students as the authors, proposed a gag homecoming dance contest and indicated students could receive points for completing various sexual activities in order “to protest those ... who don’t like the way we dance.”

The flier said students should go to the extreme, suggesting rape as an option to gain points.

“It came to our attention on Friday,” Logan-Rogersville Superintendent Jeremy Tucker said Tuesday. “We’ve been working on it since Friday afternoon and over the weekend.”

The Webster County and Greene County sheriff’s offices are involved, Tucker said.

“I would love to be able to exonorate those three students,” he said, but added a formal investigation is under way, and he wanted to honor the investigation.

He did acknowledge that he told the South County Mail on Tuesday that he did not believe the three students named on the flier were not involved.

“When I was in high school 20 years ago, it was common for people to pass around fliers about parties,“ he said Wednesday. “But that’s not how students communicate anymore. The fact that it was a flier with three people’s names on it makes me suspicious.”

The student, or students, involved could face suspension for harassment and possible criminal charges, Tucker said.

Tucker said the winter homecoming dance is scheduled for Feb. 13, but in light of the flier, that date may change.